http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/feeds/rss/comments/12 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:29 -0400 Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-6 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-6 Wed, 18 May 2005 23:10:12 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-7 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-7 Wed, 18 May 2005 23:36:08 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-10 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-10
how to create a 90 degres text for any browser]]>
how to create a 90 degres text for any browser]]> Thu, 19 May 2005 23:13:38 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-11 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-11 the CSS on a website my wife and I are building together balloon out of control, and this looks like a technique that might help make things manageable again. (It’s the first time she’s tried to use CSS, so I hear the frequent cries if “aaaaaaaaaaaaagh! I hate CSS!”...)]]> the CSS on a website my wife and I are building together balloon out of control, and this looks like a technique that might help make things manageable again. (It’s the first time she’s tried to use CSS, so I hear the frequent cries if “aaaaaaaaaaaaagh! I hate CSS!”...)]]> Thu, 19 May 2005 23:33:36 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-12 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-12 Fri, 20 May 2005 02:47:38 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-13 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-13 Not only can it simplify the process, it also expedites changes as I now don’t have to search or scroll through lines upons lines of code. I will definitely be looking into modulizing (sp?) our CSS.]]> Not only can it simplify the process, it also expedites changes as I now don’t have to search or scroll through lines upons lines of code. I will definitely be looking into modulizing (sp?) our CSS.]]> Fri, 20 May 2005 04:40:01 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-14 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-14 Fri, 20 May 2005 05:37:24 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-15 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-15
(Nice article! Via Andy Budd)]]>
(Nice article! Via Andy Budd)]]> Fri, 20 May 2005 09:03:57 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-16 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-16
Having the CSS split into single modules makes sense if U consider that most “average” users turn on browser caching (or leave it turned on).

So once loaded you can have the reusable parts cached and just pull in the changed parts. I like Mikes idea as well, but most times my approach is to split stuff into navigation, header, footer and typography, then exchange the content bit by using wrapper css files with @import.

Any other thoughts on this?]]>
Having the CSS split into single modules makes sense if U consider that most “average” users turn on browser caching (or leave it turned on).

So once loaded you can have the reusable parts cached and just pull in the changed parts. I like Mikes idea as well, but most times my approach is to split stuff into navigation, header, footer and typography, then exchange the content bit by using wrapper css files with @import.

Any other thoughts on this?]]> Fri, 20 May 2005 09:56:05 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-17 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-17 Fri, 20 May 2005 12:46:46 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-21 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-21
True enough, once the CSS is cached it makes no difference. The issue I see is the initial load time. I don’t think the importance of having the first load happen as quickly as possible can be understated.

Another issue I see is the duplication of selectors. Having multiple instances of your selectors for every type of rule could add considerably to your overall CSS filesize.

Both of these issues may be trivial when one considers HTTP pipelining, gzip compression, and all the other means we have to optimize HTTP connections, but if I can shave half a second off my initial load at the cost of less manageable CSS, I will. In the end it’s one of the thousands of tradeoffs that has to be made when designing a site.]]>
True enough, once the CSS is cached it makes no difference. The issue I see is the initial load time. I don’t think the importance of having the first load happen as quickly as possible can be understated.

Another issue I see is the duplication of selectors. Having multiple instances of your selectors for every type of rule could add considerably to your overall CSS filesize.

Both of these issues may be trivial when one considers HTTP pipelining, gzip compression, and all the other means we have to optimize HTTP connections, but if I can shave half a second off my initial load at the cost of less manageable CSS, I will. In the end it’s one of the thousands of tradeoffs that has to be made when designing a site.]]> Fri, 20 May 2005 18:31:16 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-23 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-23
spidering off 5 connections is a waste of resources.]]>
spidering off 5 connections is a waste of resources.]]> Sat, 21 May 2005 01:36:12 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-24 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-24
The point of the article is more the breaking down of your stylsheets into their functional parts than the recombination.

The problem with putting everything back together on the server side is that you then can’t take advantage of client-side caching if you drop in other sheets on specific pages. I normally separate the home page layout from the rest of the layout, for example, because there’s no point serving it to every page. I also tend to swap layout sheets to switch between 2 column and 1 column page variations etc rather than switching on body id or the like. See my CSS Framework article…

At the end of the day, what you do will depend on the requirements of the project and your personal preferences.]]>
The point of the article is more the breaking down of your stylsheets into their functional parts than the recombination.

The problem with putting everything back together on the server side is that you then can’t take advantage of client-side caching if you drop in other sheets on specific pages. I normally separate the home page layout from the rest of the layout, for example, because there’s no point serving it to every page. I also tend to swap layout sheets to switch between 2 column and 1 column page variations etc rather than switching on body id or the like. See my CSS Framework article…

At the end of the day, what you do will depend on the requirements of the project and your personal preferences.]]> Sat, 21 May 2005 13:26:53 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-30 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-30
http://loadaveragezero.com/vnav/labs/PHP/head.php#code

Around paragraph seven of that section I explain how I conditionally import the extra stylesheets. You may enjoy also following the link via my signature to this comment as I just added this article to my developer’s resource DB. ~d]]>
http://loadaveragezero.com/vnav/labs/PHP/head.php#code

Around paragraph seven of that section I explain how I conditionally import the extra stylesheets. You may enjoy also following the link via my signature to this comment as I just added this article to my developer’s resource DB. ~d]]> Mon, 23 May 2005 02:42:42 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-33 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-33 Doesn’t that get to the same point of loosing the client caching again?]]> Doesn’t that get to the same point of loosing the client caching again?]]> Mon, 23 May 2005 09:19:40 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-35 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-35
Why would adding link @import elements to the head of your document for each CSS module prevent the browser from caching the stylesheets? The stylesheets themselves aren’t dynamic.]]>
Why would adding link @import elements to the head of your document for each CSS module prevent the browser from caching the stylesheets? The stylesheets themselves aren’t dynamic.]]> Mon, 23 May 2005 10:39:30 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-36 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-36 point! that happens when you post comments before you think about it ;)]]> point! that happens when you post comments before you think about it ;)]]> Mon, 23 May 2005 10:57:43 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-42 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-42
On a side note, I recently wrote an article for Digital Web about dynamically generated CSS using PHP. That was the number one reaction by far: but dynamic CSS is slow, the browser doesn’t cache the results! First of all, unless your host is heavily loaded, generating something simple like CSS with a scripting language like PHP is almost as fast as a static file. And the “almost” bit is so trivial that no one would ever notice it unless you happen to run with snails. I’m even aware of situations when dynamic content is actually faster than a disk file. As far as the caching issue goes, that is trivial to fix.

Yet one post after another, dynamic CSS is slow! The browser doesn’t cache it! Sigh. ~d]]>
On a side note, I recently wrote an article for Digital Web about dynamically generated CSS using PHP. That was the number one reaction by far: but dynamic CSS is slow, the browser doesn’t cache the results! First of all, unless your host is heavily loaded, generating something simple like CSS with a scripting language like PHP is almost as fast as a static file. And the “almost” bit is so trivial that no one would ever notice it unless you happen to run with snails. I’m even aware of situations when dynamic content is actually faster than a disk file. As far as the caching issue goes, that is trivial to fix.

Yet one post after another, dynamic CSS is slow! The browser doesn’t cache it! Sigh. ~d]]> Mon, 23 May 2005 18:26:40 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-47 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-47
to let topstyle format code or not?
(i mean alfabetical ordering…)]]>
to let topstyle format code or not?
(i mean alfabetical ordering…)]]> Mon, 23 May 2005 22:24:52 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-51 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-51
The key benefit of this technique for me is the reusability though. I use my typo.css and forms.css sheets again and again between projects with only minimal changes. I’ve also got a tools sheet that contains classes for markupless clearing of floats, accessible hiding and image replacement, which I use over and over.]]>
The key benefit of this technique for me is the reusability though. I use my typo.css and forms.css sheets again and again between projects with only minimal changes. I’ve also got a tools sheet that contains classes for markupless clearing of floats, accessible hiding and image replacement, which I use over and over.]]> Tue, 24 May 2005 00:58:27 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-53 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-53 follow-up article regarding modular CSS and efficient reuse for some additional thoughts. I wonder what you guys think. Comments are welcome!]]> follow-up article regarding modular CSS and efficient reuse for some additional thoughts. I wonder what you guys think. Comments are welcome!]]> Tue, 24 May 2005 14:18:29 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-59 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-59
Right, the comments regarding using PHP to generate CSS were an aside. On my site (for the most part) I only use PHP to generate the style element that @imports the various extra stylesheets: forms, tables, code, etc…very much in keeping with your article.

I only brought up the topic of caching because as soon as many people hear “PHP” and “CSS” in the same sentence they all start in on how dynamic CSS is so slow. If done correctly, this is simply not the case. I guess preventing more misinformation was my goal with that post.

New favicon? heehee, Doug]]>
Right, the comments regarding using PHP to generate CSS were an aside. On my site (for the most part) I only use PHP to generate the style element that @imports the various extra stylesheets: forms, tables, code, etc…very much in keeping with your article.

I only brought up the topic of caching because as soon as many people hear “PHP” and “CSS” in the same sentence they all start in on how dynamic CSS is so slow. If done correctly, this is simply not the case. I guess preventing more misinformation was my goal with that post.

New favicon? heehee, Doug]]> Tue, 24 May 2005 16:48:07 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-60 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-60
The favicon is nothing to do with me but I like it! It feels like Pascal’s doing…]]>
The favicon is nothing to do with me but I like it! It feels like Pascal’s doing…]]> Tue, 24 May 2005 16:55:17 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-61 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-61 Tue, 24 May 2005 17:09:06 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-63 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-63
I build each page with a series of modular PHP functions that mirror the structure of an XHTML document. One of which of course creates the head element. All pages use the root.css stylesheet. If I need to pull in more, I simply pass an array of them to the head function: head(array(‘forms’,’tables’));—same thing with extra Javascript libraries (although I don’t use them very much, being a server-side kinda guy).

Pascal:

Why you little sneak! Actually, if I’m right and you got the icon from the one I created yesterday then you guys are the first to do this (that I’m aware of) and it makes me smile to know this. Personally, I use the favicons as a mnemonic tool for my listings in the DB. I can visualize what page I’m about to visit just before I click through to it. Minor eye candy too. Not sure if my visitors benefit from it or not. If a site I list doesn’t have one, then I create it. If the owner likes it and uses it, well, that’s great!]]>
I build each page with a series of modular PHP functions that mirror the structure of an XHTML document. One of which of course creates the head element. All pages use the root.css stylesheet. If I need to pull in more, I simply pass an array of them to the head function: head(array(‘forms’,’tables’));—same thing with extra Javascript libraries (although I don’t use them very much, being a server-side kinda guy).

Pascal:

Why you little sneak! Actually, if I’m right and you got the icon from the one I created yesterday then you guys are the first to do this (that I’m aware of) and it makes me smile to know this. Personally, I use the favicons as a mnemonic tool for my listings in the DB. I can visualize what page I’m about to visit just before I click through to it. Minor eye candy too. Not sure if my visitors benefit from it or not. If a site I list doesn’t have one, then I create it. If the owner likes it and uses it, well, that’s great!]]> Tue, 24 May 2005 17:53:52 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-64 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-64 I have one on my portfolio-domain www.pascalopitz.de since ages, but as we just started up there’s much room for improvement here …]]> I have one on my portfolio-domain www.pascalopitz.de since ages, but as we just started up there’s much room for improvement here …]]> Tue, 24 May 2005 20:51:02 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-70 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-70 Wed, 25 May 2005 05:38:07 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-79 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-79
To really be in line with the article, I’d need to shift some rules from the typography stylesheet to the layout sheet. I just went through my old CSS and did a lot of copy-paste to split things up by type.

I was slightly surprised to note that there wasn’t much of a size increse in this. All the new files together weigh in at about 0.7kb larger than the old monolithic stylesheet. I was expecting more, considering the selector duplication.]]>
To really be in line with the article, I’d need to shift some rules from the typography stylesheet to the layout sheet. I just went through my old CSS and did a lot of copy-paste to split things up by type.

I was slightly surprised to note that there wasn’t much of a size increse in this. All the new files together weigh in at about 0.7kb larger than the old monolithic stylesheet. I was expecting more, considering the selector duplication.]]> Wed, 25 May 2005 21:16:54 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-80 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-80
The updated stylesheet]]>
The updated stylesheet]]> Wed, 25 May 2005 21:19:06 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-92 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-92 Thu, 26 May 2005 23:59:20 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-96 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-96
Thanks for you answer !]]>
Thanks for you answer !]]> Fri, 27 May 2005 07:30:33 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-98 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-98 Fri, 27 May 2005 15:47:22 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-248 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-248
screen.css
print.css
alterantestyles.css

layout.css
nav.css
js_enabled.css

splash.css
sectionsA.css
sectionsB.css
comments.css

screen.css
basicstyling.css
iewin.css
ie5mac.css

It all depends on what styles are you reusing, which styles I can load already, which browsers I target (important !!).

also when it is cut up in different files, it loads chunk by chunk, although not all chunks are equal loads]]>
screen.css
print.css
alterantestyles.css

layout.css
nav.css
js_enabled.css

splash.css
sectionsA.css
sectionsB.css
comments.css

screen.css
basicstyling.css
iewin.css
ie5mac.css

It all depends on what styles are you reusing, which styles I can load already, which browsers I target (important !!).

also when it is cut up in different files, it loads chunk by chunk, although not all chunks are equal loads]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:30:40 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-249 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-249
For example, I like to keep my hacks along with the rules they’re over-riding so that I don’t lose track of them, but I also appreciate the advantages of keeping them in separate stylesheets. (I stopped doing that after spending ages trying to debug a sheet only to find that the rule I was grappling with was being reset elsewhere and I didn’t realise.)]]>
For example, I like to keep my hacks along with the rules they’re over-riding so that I don’t lose track of them, but I also appreciate the advantages of keeping them in separate stylesheets. (I stopped doing that after spending ages trying to debug a sheet only to find that the rule I was grappling with was being reset elsewhere and I didn’t realise.)]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:30:02 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-262 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-262 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:48:57 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-264 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-264
5 requests perhaps.

Not the same concept as 5 connections by far.]]>
5 requests perhaps.

Not the same concept as 5 connections by far.]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:48:49 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-279 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-279 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:59:32 -0400 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-289 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-289 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:51:22 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-314 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-314 1. 5 connections is bad for clients
2. php is a solution that can minimize 5 connections
3. php wont cache right (why?)

Now an integration of these comments brings out this idea :

A php script that will import all 5 stylesheets—while he’s importing, also do some basic processing of the styles to combine similar definitions.

Example :

1. these tags are in different files :
h1 { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10em }
h1 { margin-left: 3em; }
h1 { color: blue; background-color: cyan; }

2. the php script combines it all into one tag like so :
h1 { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10em; margin-left: 3em; color: blue; background-color: cyan; }

3. the php script sets its time correctly . . . to the last updated css file (if you update color.css last, then that is the time php script should send out)

This way what will happen is :
1. proper caching will work (right times reported)
2. multiple (5) connections is not an issue
3. css taking too much “space”/”bandwidth” is not an issue
4. extra connections for style wont happen
5. modular css is still managable!
6. php script is a real easy one, and might be fast (enough) as well…

is there anything that I am missing?
anything anyone wants to suggest extra?]]> 1. 5 connections is bad for clients
2. php is a solution that can minimize 5 connections
3. php wont cache right (why?)

Now an integration of these comments brings out this idea :

A php script that will import all 5 stylesheets—while he’s importing, also do some basic processing of the styles to combine similar definitions.

Example :

1. these tags are in different files :
h1 { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10em }
h1 { margin-left: 3em; }
h1 { color: blue; background-color: cyan; }

2. the php script combines it all into one tag like so :
h1 { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10em; margin-left: 3em; color: blue; background-color: cyan; }

3. the php script sets its time correctly . . . to the last updated css file (if you update color.css last, then that is the time php script should send out)

This way what will happen is :
1. proper caching will work (right times reported)
2. multiple (5) connections is not an issue
3. css taking too much “space”/”bandwidth” is not an issue
4. extra connections for style wont happen
5. modular css is still managable!
6. php script is a real easy one, and might be fast (enough) as well…

is there anything that I am missing?
anything anyone wants to suggest extra?]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:10:11 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-318 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-318
The only issue for me is that I use combinations of stylesheets across pages within a site. By that I mean that the home page might have:
@import url(“typo.css”);
@import url(“layout.css”);
@import url(“home-layout.css”);
@import url(“horizontal-nav.css”);
@import url(“skin.css”);

While a cotent page might take:
@import url(“typo.css”);
@import url(“forms.css”);
@import url(“layout.css”);
@import url(“horizontal-nav.css”);
@import url(“skin.css”);

The idea is to use browser caching to my advantage – only feeding new sheets as they are required. Your technique wouldn’t work for all the sites I work on but it would definitely be very useful for some…

Good idea!]]>
The only issue for me is that I use combinations of stylesheets across pages within a site. By that I mean that the home page might have:
@import url(“typo.css”);
@import url(“layout.css”);
@import url(“home-layout.css”);
@import url(“horizontal-nav.css”);
@import url(“skin.css”);

While a cotent page might take:
@import url(“typo.css”);
@import url(“forms.css”);
@import url(“layout.css”);
@import url(“horizontal-nav.css”);
@import url(“skin.css”);

The idea is to use browser caching to my advantage – only feeding new sheets as they are required. Your technique wouldn’t work for all the sites I work on but it would definitely be very useful for some…

Good idea!]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:15:34 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-321 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-321 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:57:31 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-328 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-328 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:14:05 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-339 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-339
As an example:
1) First hit to the site, do I have a valid cached copy?
2) If no – read, parse, optimise, save final product
3) If yes – send the cached copy

Using that sort of a method, you wouldn’t have to read/parse/optimise the files each hit on the site.

Al.]]>
As an example:
1) First hit to the site, do I have a valid cached copy?
2) If no – read, parse, optimise, save final product
3) If yes – send the cached copy

Using that sort of a method, you wouldn’t have to read/parse/optimise the files each hit on the site.

Al.]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:25:26 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-341 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-341 Alistair: If you combine all files for each page into one file you would loose caching of parts, e.g. the navigation.
Evgeny : optimizing the CSS files on the fly or on export and combining multiple blocks into one could bring up problems with selectors and specifity. However, you might wanna check out CSSTidy to do what you want to.]]> Alistair: If you combine all files for each page into one file you would loose caching of parts, e.g. the navigation.
Evgeny : optimizing the CSS files on the fly or on export and combining multiple blocks into one could bring up problems with selectors and specifity. However, you might wanna check out CSSTidy to do what you want to.]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:09:55 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-359 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-359 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:07:32 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-364 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-364 whistles it’s easy, and not difficult to implement. I know I’ll be using modular css from now on!

I was actually looking for another coding solution to a problem I had when I found this site. My website is skinned, and I would want a tagboard that uses the css of the specific skin (not the regular importing css code that imports from a specified location). I was looking for a code that just imports the stylesheet of the specific skin. I’ll try looking around this site if you have such a code, but in any case, thanks! :)]]> whistles it’s easy, and not difficult to implement. I know I’ll be using modular css from now on!

I was actually looking for another coding solution to a problem I had when I found this site. My website is skinned, and I would want a tagboard that uses the css of the specific skin (not the regular importing css code that imports from a specified location). I was looking for a code that just imports the stylesheet of the specific skin. I’ll try looking around this site if you have such a code, but in any case, thanks! :)]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:24:51 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-365 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-365 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:36:59 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-1879 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-1879 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:06:37 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-1890 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-1890
I like Daniel’s approach which uses the best from both worlds:
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I like Daniel’s approach which uses the best from both worlds:
PHP-generated CSS magic]]> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:20:10 -0500 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-2110 http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/modular-css/#comment-2110 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:12:03 -0400